…Apple is a bad “Windows citizen” because they “sneakily” “forced” Safari 3.1 on unsuspecting Windows iTunes users. Apparently some of the whiny twats in the blogokleinbottle are up in arms that Apple offered up Safari 3.1 for Windows in the Software Update tool that gets installed with iTunes/QuickTime on Windows. My take: here’s a douche to wash the sand out of your achy achy vaginas.
First of all, while I admit that it was odd of Apple to offer up the Safari update to people who hadn’t previously installed it, they hardly “forced” it onto anyone. Software Update allows one to skip updates. And the argument that “anyone who just selects the defaults will be “forced” into installing Safari merely reinforces the time honored perception that Windows users are, in fact, mouth breathing morons.
Second, bitching that anyone is a “bad” Windows citizen is the rhetorical equivalent of arguing that one turd in a sea of shit is particularly stinky. Microsoft is a bad Windows citizen. And I’ll tell you, having Safari magically appear on my computer pales in comparison to the times I’ve come back from lunch to find that all my work has been killed by a Windows update
